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Lorena Moreno
Associate Global Regulatory
Languages
Spanish, English, Italian
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Insights and events
Lorena is an attorney at Hogan Lovells’ Madrid office with experience in public law and regulated sectors. She has been involved in corporate transactions, contract negotiation, and project development in the energy sector, as well as in handling foreign investment authorizations. She also represents national and international clients in administrative and judicial proceedings before public authorities and courts.
Lorena advises on M&A transactions across various industries, providing support in due diligence processes from a regulatory, administrative, and environmental perspective.
With a particular focus on the energy sector, she has participated in the negotiation and drafting of power purchase agreements (PPAs) and guarantees of origin, as well as in the development and operation of electricity and hydrogen generation projects, including EPC and O&M contracts, electrification agreements, and collaboration arrangements.
She also advises clients on regulatory matters throughout the entire lifecycle of new energy projects, from securing grid access and connection, obtaining the necessary sector-specific permits, and analyzing economic regimes to ensuring compliance during the operational phase.
In addition, she has provided legal advice to a range of international clients (including multinational corporations and sovereign wealth funds) on obtaining foreign direct investment (FDI) authorizations in Spain.
Representative experience
Various companies - Advice on the negotiation of PPAs (Power Purchase Agreements)
Various companies - Advice on the processing of foreign direct investment (FDI) authorizations in Spain
Vanderlande Industries Holding B.V., leader in intralogistics specialized in storage, parcel, and airport segments, in its acquisition of the airport logistics business of Siemens for €300 million
Acciona on the sale of 626 MW of 34 hydroelectric assets to Endesa for USD 1.1 billion
Acciona on the sale of 175 MW of 23 hydroelectric assets located in Spain to Elawan Energy, a subsidiary of ORIX Corporation, for €293 million
Mirova, global asset management company affiliated with Natixis Investment Managers, on its €480 million investment in RP Global to accelerate renewable energy development across Europe
Charterhouse Capital Partners LLP on the acquisition of 80% of the shares of Metrodora, S.L. by a Charterhouse Capital Partners investment vehicle from Magnum Capital, for approximately €270 million
Investindustrial on its acquisition of a majority stake (up to 100%) in Asociación de Industrias Alicantinas del Helado y Derivados (Grupo Alacant), one of the main ice cream manufacturers in Spain
A.P. Moller Capital on its acquisition of a 51% stake in Bergé Infraestructuras y Servicios Logísticos, which develops port operations, transport logistics, shipping, and processes of Bergé y Compañía
Velto Renewables on its potential acquisition of a portfolio of photovoltaic and wind projects in France (approx. 130 MW) and in Spain and Portugal (approx. 400 MW) from Q Energy Solutions SE
Northland Power on the purchase of a portfolio of renewable projects worth more than €1 billion (photovoltaic, wind, and solar thermal power generation facilities with a total capacity of 540 MW)
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy on the sale of a portfolio of wind projects in Spain, France, Italy, and Greece to the British SSE Renewables International Holdings Limited (SSER) for €580 million
Credentials
Education
- Double Master's Degree in Access to the Practice of Law and Corporate Legal Advice, IE Law School, 2020
- Bachelor's Degree in Law, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 2019
Bar admissions and qualifications
- Madrid